Dights falls

Dights Falls

  • John Dight acquires land

    John Dight acquires land

    John Dight of Campbell Town obtained portion 88, Parish of Jika Jika, County of Bourke, along the Yarra River. After this he built a brick mill on his land and began producing flour.
  • John Dight left for Port Phillip

    John Dight left for Port Phillip

    John Dight left his land/property to go to Port Phillip
  • First steam powered flour mill

    First steam powered flour mill

    The first steam powered flour mill was built at Dights Falls.
  • New ownership

    New ownership

    The land that John bought now belongs to both John Dight and Charles Hilton Dight.
  • Abandonment of mill

    Abandonment of mill

    John Dight and the Dight family stopped flour milling and abandoned the mill altogether. After that, the property was leased to Thomas Kenny.
  • Property sold

    Property sold

    The property was sold to Edwin Trennery
  • New mill built

    New mill built

    A new flour mill was constructed
  • enterprise sold

    enterprise sold

    the enterprise (business or company) was sold
  • Timber structure built

    Timber structure built

    A timber structure was built to provide water to the Melbourne flour milling company
  • mill destroyed

    mill destroyed

    The land changed owners for the final time (To well known flour miller, Messrs John Darling and his son) before being destroyed in a fire.
  • reconstruction

    reconstruction

    The first documented reconstruction occurred.
  • Weir constructed

    Weir constructed

    A weir was constructed with a great deal of rock (1.5 tons to be specific)
  • breach of weir

    breach of weir

    After heavy rainfall, a breach of the weir occurred (the weir broke).
  • timber pile capped by concrete

    timber pile capped by concrete

    The original timber piles used to make the weir, were covered by concrete.
  • rock fishway

    rock fishway

    Melbourne water constructed a rock fishway to support fish and their migration patterns.
  • new fishway

    new fishway

    A new fishway was built because the old one was unsafe, was killing native fish and was discouraging biodiversity.

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